1996-97 Minnesota Timberwolves Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Flip Saunders (40-42)

Executive: Kevin McHale

PTS/G: 96.1 (17th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 97.6 (17th of 29)

SRS: -1.82 (18th of 29) Pace: 90.7 (13th of 29)

Off Rtg: 105.5 (17th of 29) Def Rtg: 107.1 (15th of 29) Net Rtg: -1.6 (17th of 29)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (17th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +15000, Over-Under 26.5

Arena: Target Center Attendance: 697,727 (14th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (0-3) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1996-11-01		SAS	W	82	78	93.7	89.1	87.5	.311	.108	.487	47.4	58.1	6.9	20.3	.439	16.8	22.5	.230	.458	17.5	75.0	.167
2	2	1996-11-03	@	LAL	L	85	91	93.6	100.2	90.8	.220	.159	.473	44.0	67.6	7.7	9.0	.433	14.3	26.7	.171	.506	19.5	64.1	.139
3	3	1996-11-05	@	PHO	W	98	95	113.5	110.1	86.3	.523	.123	.613	44.0	62.9	7.0	8.5	.569	16.7	23.3	.369	.475	13.2	57.8	.222
4	4	1996-11-07	@	POR	L	94	95	94.5	95.5	90.1	.301	.118	.446	46.3	44.4	8.0	17.2	.403	7.1	23.6	.204	.419	16.6	77.5	.350
5	5	1996-11-10	@	LAC	L	70	81	79.6	92.1	88.0	.400	.067	.397	45.8	26.1	8.0	12.0	.313	14.5	25.0	.307	.366	13.0	66.7	.256
6	6	1996-11-12		POR	W	100	97	108.8	105.5	91.9	.468	.101	.525	51.8	69.4	8.7	15.8	.481	13.6	34.9	.304	.442	12.0	69.0	.359
7	7	1996-11-14		DAL	W	100	90	100.3	90.2	99.7	.274	.095	.531	52.2	62.5	11.0	19.1	.482	17.5	30.2	.226	.426	18.0	71.4	.259
8	8	1996-11-16	@	NYK	L	79	82	87.4	90.8	90.4	.384	.110	.463	43.7	51.9	10.0	2.0	.390	19.8	27.9	.301	.516	26.6	67.9	.250
9	9	1996-11-19	@	HOU	L	93	122	95.5	125.2	97.4	.181	.223	.458	45.1	76.3	8.2	9.8	.441	10.6	25.9	.106	.617	13.7	73.0	.272
10	10	1996-11-21	@	ORL	L	86	90	100.0	104.7	86.0	.284	.162	.517	41.0	58.8	9.3	11.3	.486	11.7	20.0	.189	.438	12.8	58.1	.235
11	11	1996-11-23		LAC	W	98	96	113.2	110.8	86.6	.515	.136	.605	58.0	62.9	8.1	13.1	.545	20.6	46.7	.394	.471	13.5	66.7	.429
12	12	1996-11-25	@	WSB	L	98	105	99.1	106.1	98.9	.267	.221	.510	55.1	41.7	3.0	10.0	.465	17.9	32.7	.209	.500	12.0	82.5	.296
13	13	1996-11-27		SEA	L	98	106	103.5	112.0	94.7	.282	.212	.513	48.0	71.1	11.6	14.5	.476	14.3	27.5	.200	.563	17.1	71.4	.347
14	14	1996-11-29	@	DEN	W	108	103	114.1	108.8	94.6	.506	.117	.573	52.8	46.2	6.3	10.9	.526	14.5	35.1	.351	.507	17.5	71.4	.360
15	15	1996-11-30		TOR	W	79	70	93.3	82.6	84.7	.400	.100	.480	49.4	60.7	5.9	10.5	.414	17.9	27.5	.300	.391	19.4	68.9	.232
16	16	1996-12-03		SAC	L	89	96	96.3	103.8	92.5	.317	.098	.476	49.5	51.5	4.3	13.6	.409	15.4	31.7	.268	.411	7.8	63.5	.189
17	17	1996-12-05	@	SEA	L	86	117	91.7	124.7	93.8	.434	.253	.435	51.2	65.5	3.2	4.7	.373	16.8	39.2	.289	.538	11.2	68.6	.388
18	18	1996-12-06	@	UTA	L	95	106	107.6	120.0	88.3	.538	.108	.591	45.3	65.6	3.4	5.8	.508	16.6	20.6	.446	.494	11.3	65.9	.321
19	19	1996-12-08	@	LAL	L	86	110	89.9	115.0	95.7	.182	.182	.452	51.2	57.1	11.5	6.3	.415	20.2	37.0	.148	.577	16.8	68.4	.256
20	20	1996-12-10		HOU	L	94	96	102.1	104.2	92.1	.172	.129	.470	51.2	59.0	5.4	11.9	.452	9.1	31.3	.108	.487	13.5	77.8	.273
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1996-12-11	@	CHI	L	86	103	97.3	116.6	88.4	.159	.134	.490	50.6	71.1	10.2	3.0	.476	17.0	36.4	.098	.538	13.6	67.6	.228
22	22	1996-12-13		PHO	W	108	105	119.2	115.9	90.6	.182	.170	.568	49.3	62.8	9.9	12.7	.528	11.2	37.5	.170	.551	19.2	62.9	.228
23	23	1996-12-14		CLE	L	93	101	123.0	133.6	75.6	.493	.174	.554	51.5	80.0	1.3	4.8	.471	12.5	42.9	.406	.545	6.6	61.3	.221
24	24	1996-12-18	@	GSW	L	96	123	104.3	133.6	92.0	.400	.129	.480	45.7	73.5	12.0	6.8	.412	10.7	35.4	.306	.635	13.7	60.6	.176
25	25	1996-12-19	@	SAC	L	105	112	119.2	127.1	88.1	.468	.177	.551	48.1	64.9	11.3	12.9	.506	12.0	42.2	.316	.507	14.0	55.9	.586
26	26	1996-12-21		LAL	W	103	88	115.1	98.4	89.5	.325	.169	.585	42.0	61.5	10.1	14.9	.545	12.9	22.2	.247	.436	18.1	57.8	.256
27	27	1996-12-23		UTA	W	107	98	128.4	117.6	83.3	.361	.194	.641	46.4	74.4	10.8	8.8	.597	10.7	23.5	.292	.563	12.6	68.6	.236
28	28	1996-12-26		NYK	W	88	80	96.5	87.7	91.2	.500	.206	.530	47.7	64.3	11.0	14.5	.449	16.2	15.0	.397	.422	15.2	75.0	.120
29	29	1996-12-28		DEN	W	103	96	107.1	99.8	87.1	.275	.132	.505	53.8	52.6	11.4	14.1	.445	13.6	40.0	.242	.429	17.2	66.7	.372
30	30	1996-12-30	@	CLE	L	96	108	109.5	123.2	87.7	.377	.319	.597	51.5	63.3	9.1	14.9	.522	19.9	25.7	.348	.629	11.5	78.8	.286
31	31	1997-01-03	@	BOS	W	94	84	91.3	81.6	103.0	.544	.103	.558	47.9	63.6	12.6	14.4	.485	22.9	19.5	.412	.394	18.3	69.1	.061
32	32	1997-01-04	@	MIL	W	97	91	106.4	99.8	91.2	.440	.107	.542	46.2	66.7	7.7	13.3	.460	13.5	24.4	.373	.388	12.4	63.5	.294
33	33	1997-01-07		HOU	L	95	104	107.2	117.3	88.6	.143	.286	.491	45.6	43.2	10.2	15.8	.456	10.2	30.6	.132	.480	14.1	63.4	.408
34	34	1997-01-09	@	NJN	W	110	107	116.1	112.9	94.8	.385	.154	.603	42.6	53.8	7.4	10.1	.551	17.2	31.6	.308	.448	12.8	50.0	.206
35	35	1997-01-11		LAC	W	95	93	109.6	107.3	86.6	.493	.205	.535	44.2	68.8	13.9	11.7	.473	11.0	29.5	.356	.507	18.8	59.5	.211
36	36	1997-01-14	@	ATL	L	93	95	107.8	110.2	86.2	.617	.217	.610	50.0	64.5	7.0	8.1	.550	19.9	26.9	.450	.412	10.1	63.0	.294
37	37	1997-01-15		CHI	L	102	112	116.4	127.8	87.6	.202	.226	.557	46.0	51.2	5.7	11.7	.536	9.9	31.0	.143	.548	8.3	60.0	.108
38	38	1997-01-18		GSW	W	108	93	118.1	101.7	91.4	.325	.138	.591	60.8	68.3	8.8	3.8	.544	15.7	35.1	.263	.528	14.5	86.5	.236
39	39	1997-01-20		SAS	W	96	83	110.2	95.3	87.1	.354	.215	.526	51.3	72.2	10.3	10.2	.506	9.9	27.9	.203	.478	17.6	78.4	.246
40	40	1997-01-21	@	TOR	L	106	118	117.8	131.2	90.0	.303	.247	.525	51.2	64.1	8.9	13.6	.483	9.0	36.7	.225	.633	10.9	72.7	.228
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1997-01-23	@	VAN	W	95	76	101.1	80.9	94.0	.226	.214	.514	58.9	71.1	14.9	8.5	.476	17.1	37.8	.179	.413	19.7	80.0	.125
42	42	1997-01-25	@	POR	L	94	101	104.2	111.9	90.3	.241	.193	.512	46.3	64.1	10.0	12.5	.500	12.4	28.6	.133	.544	17.1	65.8	.190
43	43	1997-01-28		SAC	L	88	91	97.9	101.2	89.9	.179	.154	.523	43.0	64.9	13.3	16.2	.500	16.0	20.0	.128	.476	16.5	61.4	.131
44	44	1997-01-30	@	DAL	W	92	82	103.1	91.9	89.3	.308	.128	.519	51.1	44.1	6.7	10.4	.455	12.8	26.2	.269	.404	14.4	73.9	.244
45	45	1997-01-31	@	SAS	W	97	95	112.0	109.7	86.6	.310	.107	.508	59.2	73.0	8.1	9.3	.446	12.0	40.9	.262	.500	13.8	84.4	.377
46	46	1997-02-02		POR	W	103	102	110.8	109.7	92.9	.643	.114	.573	45.7	54.3	8.6	11.8	.507	10.0	21.6	.457	.435	12.1	65.9	.329
47	47	1997-02-04	@	CHH	L	101	115	111.2	126.6	90.8	.274	.179	.537	47.4	60.5	4.4	4.3	.470	10.5	28.6	.262	.594	11.5	70.6	.165
48	48	1997-02-06		VAN	W	103	86	114.2	95.4	90.2	.480	.120	.567	48.9	54.1	7.8	12.1	.520	11.7	29.3	.333	.460	14.5	65.3	.069
49	49	1997-02-12		LAL	L	84	100	90.2	107.4	93.1	.413	.200	.444	47.3	65.5	6.4	9.3	.388	13.7	27.7	.275	.488	12.7	67.4	.186
50	50	1997-02-14		ORL	W	104	100	118.1	113.6	88.0	.312	.143	.594	52.6	68.4	6.8	14.5	.532	16.3	37.8	.286	.470	10.3	65.9	.250
51	51	1997-02-16		PHO	W	107	96	112.1	100.5	95.5	.364	.156	.599	53.8	73.2	8.4	13.2	.558	14.4	21.9	.273	.440	11.8	76.1	.262
52	52	1997-02-18	@	SAC	L	84	95	88.2	99.7	95.3	.229	.205	.460	46.2	45.5	9.4	7.2	.410	18.0	27.1	.193	.408	10.0	62.1	.153
53	53	1997-02-19	@	VAN	W	84	73	98.2	85.4	85.5	.230	.095	.515	48.8	75.7	10.5	6.1	.500	16.4	25.6	.135	.395	15.8	68.1	.171
54	54	1997-02-21		GSW	W	101	82	104.8	85.1	96.3	.259	.188	.533	44.2	77.5	16.6	14.1	.494	15.2	26.2	.200	.364	18.0	58.5	.163
55	55	1997-02-26	@	SAS	W	108	89	122.8	101.2	88.0	.333	.147	.628	40.8	72.7	12.5	8.9	.613	14.0	24.1	.213	.442	13.4	51.1	.151
56	56	1997-02-27	@	DAL	W	107	105	106.0	104.0	83.6	.307	.250	.536	43.8	62.5	7.9	6.7	.494	13.1	23.9	.227	.462	17.1	62.0	.231
57	57	1997-03-02		CHH	L	96	108	108.1	121.6	88.8	.306	.188	.498	48.7	66.7	6.8	8.7	.471	5.9	22.7	.188	.582	13.8	84.4	.448
58	58	1997-03-05		DET	L	88	92	101.5	106.1	86.7	.176	.176	.480	53.5	60.0	4.6	12.5	.441	10.7	28.3	.153	.469	7.3	82.5	.213
59	59	1997-03-07		DEN	W	96	83	103.6	89.6	92.7	.393	.083	.487	50.5	69.4	11.9	8.0	.440	8.4	27.7	.262	.394	16.6	73.9	.250
60	60	1997-03-09		UTA	L	106	115	116.2	126.0	91.2	.686	.286	.582	45.1	46.9	8.8	10.0	.507	12.5	27.5	.500	.596	13.4	67.7	.282
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1997-03-11		PHI	W	104	100	111.9	107.6	92.9	.630	.178	.558	51.4	53.1	10.8	7.4	.466	11.4	29.4	.493	.513	17.5	72.2	.273
62	62	1997-03-13		SEA	L	92	108	107.0	125.7	85.9	.408	.183	.549	46.6	69.7	3.5	9.1	.500	15.2	29.7	.296	.557	9.7	63.9	.126
63	63	1997-03-14	@	PHI	L	95	109	106.8	122.6	88.9	.455	.208	.514	45.8	66.7	7.9	8.7	.461	12.3	32.6	.312	.525	13.2	62.2	.296
64	64	1997-03-16		BOS	W	119	101	125.2	106.2	95.1	.277	.217	.639	52.2	76.1	8.4	18.6	.614	12.3	27.0	.205	.459	9.5	69.1	.124
65	65	1997-03-18	@	IND	L	97	115	115.0	136.3	84.4	.231	.256	.564	38.8	70.3	4.7	4.1	.519	10.4	23.5	.205	.600	9.9	54.5	.238
66	66	1997-03-19		VAN	W	95	72	103.4	78.4	91.8	.311	.149	.565	61.4	69.2	6.5	16.9	.554	20.0	32.4	.176	.346	13.5	81.6	.198
67	67	1997-03-21	@	DET	L	98	112	107.0	122.3	91.6	.408	.250	.547	50.0	73.5	3.3	1.8	.480	11.8	17.9	.329	.557	7.0	80.5	.304
68	68	1997-03-23		MIA	L	108	113	115.4	120.8	93.6	.432	.210	.560	56.0	76.3	7.5	8.2	.500	12.7	30.0	.333	.607	11.2	85.7	.400
69	69	1997-03-25	@	HOU	L	103	112	110.2	119.8	93.5	.280	.129	.493	53.9	73.2	3.2	4.5	.468	7.9	35.3	.172	.500	8.6	78.9	.383
70	70	1997-03-26	@	DEN	W	102	100	115.5	113.2	88.3	.321	.074	.552	49.3	57.5	9.1	14.3	.506	8.0	25.0	.247	.527	14.2	75.8	.315
71	71	1997-03-28	@	SEA	L	81	92	94.6	107.4	85.6	.203	.246	.539	42.9	75.0	11.7	10.0	.507	22.6	25.7	.159	.464	14.6	55.1	.167
72	72	1997-03-30	@	GSW	W	113	102	120.4	108.7	93.8	.405	.135	.648	45.2	74.4	12.8	10.6	.601	13.0	15.6	.324	.506	16.4	68.3	.232
73	73	1997-04-02		NJN	W	94	89	111.8	105.8	84.1	.194	.222	.601	44.4	71.1	5.9	13.1	.590	16.1	20.0	.125	.455	12.8	61.9	.247
74	74	1997-04-04		WSB	W	97	95	114.5	112.2	84.7	.452	.151	.554	44.4	73.5	9.4	7.0	.486	11.2	27.5	.356	.543	16.5	65.6	.290
75	75	1997-04-06		IND	L	83	94	95.5	108.2	86.9	.284	.189	.499	47.1	78.1	2.3	17.2	.453	17.0	21.6	.216	.508	14.8	75.8	.409
76	76	1997-04-08	@	PHO	L	107	115	112.0	120.3	95.6	.326	.146	.526	50.6	48.7	6.3	5.0	.472	12.1	32.6	.258	.537	10.2	70.7	.346
77	77	1997-04-10	@	LAC	W	108	96	112.7	100.2	95.8	.329	.152	.597	55.3	53.7	7.3	16.4	.551	16.6	32.4	.266	.425	13.0	70.6	.253
78	78	1997-04-12		ATL	L	66	80	81.5	98.8	81.0	.301	.164	.399	44.8	63.6	2.5	13.2	.322	15.4	23.9	.260	.336	9.0	64.0	.382
79	79	1997-04-14	@	MIA	W	95	87	110.4	101.1	86.0	.319	.101	.604	51.5	62.2	11.6	7.4	.565	17.8	25.8	.246	.526	17.4	73.0	.092
80	80	1997-04-16		DAL	L	77	92	95.3	113.9	80.8	.263	.211	.454	48.1	63.3	6.2	9.4	.408	12.4	30.0	.197	.474	10.4	67.6	.231
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1997-04-18		MIL	W	122	112	129.9	119.3	93.9	.317	.171	.653	44.4	75.0	7.5	6.7	.634	11.4	23.5	.220	.555	14.3	69.0	.425
82	82	1997-04-19	@	UTA	L	89	101	94.6	107.3	94.1	.227	.307	.540	48.8	66.7	9.6	8.1	.507	21.8	23.1	.173	.494	14.0	73.2	.325

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